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* Randy Orton defeated Cody Rhodes in an awesome Street Fight following a hanging DDT on the outside off the barricade to the floor and then an RKO inside the ring. This was a great brawl through the crowd with Rhodes’ mask being used as a weapon. Orton bagged Rhodes after.
* Ted DiBiase defeated Tyson Kidd.
* World champion Mark Henry was interviewed backstage. He began bullying Daniel Bryan, mocking his Money In The Bank briefcase, saying Bryan could never beat him. He challenged Bryan to wrestle him tonight and Bryan accepted.
* Alicia Fox pinned Natalya.
* Big Show comes out and says he’s going to knock out Mark Henry once for every week of Smackdown where their business goes unfinished. Christian comes out and says Show had his chance and failed. He insults the South (Show is originally from Aiken, SC). Show acts like he was going to KO Christian, then promises he won’t. Instead he chokeslams him and leaves him laying.
* Sheamus comes out for his scheduled match against Christian but he’s out from the chokeslam. Wade Barrett comes out and offers to replace him and they ring the bell.
*After a break, we see Sheamus brawling backstage with Christian and Barrett until they are all separated by security.
*Backstage, Big Show tells Daniel Bryan to take special care of his briefcase, because Show will be in his corner tonight against Mark Henry.
*Sin Cara vs. the debuting Epico from WWE developmental. Hunico interferes and they double team Cara. They nailed a double team move but messed it up and did it again. That’ll be edited.
*World champion Mark Henry defeated Daniel Bryan by DQ when Big Show interfered and knocked out Henry. Bryan acts like he might cash in but is nailed by Henry and hit with the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry nailed Show with the briefcase. No cashing in.
Afterward, Teddy Long announced Show vs. Henry for Survivor Series and we end with a staredown.
— The official website of the USA Network is listing a three-hour episode of Raw for Monday, December 12 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST. A two-hour broadcast of WWE’s annual Tribute to the Troops program will air the following evening at 9:00 p.m. EST.
The three-hour Raw takes place six days before TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
— A match pitting Justin Gabriel against Jinder Mahal was taped Tuesday night in Greenville, South Carolina for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars.
— Ultimate Warrior tweeted the following regarding TMZ’s article Tuesday titled “ULTIMATE WARRIOR – Wall Street Occupiers Are iPad-Toting Hypocrites!”: “Contrary to the post, Mr Warrior did not call anyone a hypocrite but the video message itself is awesome.”
Regarding the Wall Street Occupiers, he told TMZ, “I find it a little ironic that most of these kids own iPads and iPhones and all these material things. They’re a big part of the consumerism that goes on in this country. The biggest statement you can make is not to participate in the consumerism of it all. Don’t buy the stuff. Start living your own life. Practice what you preach.”
— The October 31 episode of the Raw SuperShow garnered a 3.1 cable rating, down two-tenths from 3.31 the week before. Overall viewership was also down, from 4.71 million viewers to 4.49.
For the second consecutive week, Raw’s rating declined during the second hour, from 3.21 to 3.00. Overall viewership decreased by 236,000. The first hour of last week’s show averaged 4.93 million viewers before declining to 4.50 in the second.
— Matches taped tonight in Greenville, South Carolina for this week’s episode of WWE NXT were: Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Johnny Curtis and Tyson Kidd; Kaitlyn vs. Tamina; A.J, Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil vs. Derrick Bateman, JTG and Maxine.
— The October 29 episode of A.M. Raw scored a 0.69 cable rating with 792,000 viewers.
— It is believed that Evan Bourne is not at tonight’s SmackDown taping in Greenville, South Carolina. Therefore, Air Boom will not be dropping the WWE Tag Team Championship.
WWE announced this morning they had suspended Bourne for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s Talent Wellness Program.
— Jim Ross’ advertised segment with Michael Cole was cut from Monday’s Raw SuperShow because The Walt Disney Company were contractually guaranteed that no scheduled segment featuring The Muppets would be cut from the program. It wasn’t a last minute decision, though, as Ross’ segment was eliminated before Raw took place. Contrary to Cole’s claim, Ross was at Philips Arena.
— All December, WWE Classics On Demand celebrates “Season’s Beatings,” featuring memorable holiday shows and festive moments.
— Cody Rhodes is advertised to defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Booker T at the December 29 SmackDown live event at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
It had been rumored in recent weeks that the six-time world champion would be returning to the squared circle for a program with Rhodes.
— During filming for their “Day in the Life” for WWE.com, Beth Phoenix and Natalya become stranded when Eve steals their car. A story and video footage of the angle can be accessed here.
— Ezekiel Jackson beat a local competitor in a dark match prior to tonight’s television tapings in Greenville, South Carolina.
WWE announced Tuesday they have suspended performer Evan Bourne for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s Talent Wellness Program.
WWE issued a press release stating: “In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy.”
Bourne’s suspension was not unexpected since he was summoned to a meeting with WWE officials at Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Atlanta, Georgia regarding a recent violation of their Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy (a component of the Talent Wellness Program), which according to corporate.wwe.com, “prohibits the use of drugs by talent for other than a legitimate medical purpose pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed and treating physician.”
WWE employees were surprised he and Kofi Kingston didn’t lose the Tag Team Championship on Raw. The duo is now expected to drop the titles at tonight’s SmackDown in Greenville, North Carolina since his suspension has been publicly announced.
Many WWE performers believe the recent rash of suspensions is tied to Talent Wellness Program administers cracking down on usage of synthetic cannabis, which was added to the banned substances list in June. Sold under the brand names K2 and Spice, the substance was banned for at least a year effective March 1, 2011 by the Drug Enforcement Administration so they could study its effects more thoroughly and decide whether a permanent ban is necessary.
Bourne is the third WWE performer to be suspended in the past month, following Darren Young and Heath Slater.
UFC has released the official promotional poster for the upcoming “UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem” event on December 30th.
The event has been given the tagline, “It doesn’t get any bigger than this” – and the main event between two of the UFC’s biggest heavyweight beasts is sure to live up to the hype.
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Here’s the latest card for the show, which will take place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada:
— Hindustan Times has an article on The Great Khali stating that he is preparing for a WWE event slated to take place in India early next year.
“Since it is in my country, this will be my first wrestling before my countrymen, I don’t want to be unprepared for the historical event,” Khali said.
WWE.com announced Khali suffered a fractured fibula following a brutal attack by World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry on the September 30 SmackDown. The angle was conducted to remove the former World Heavyweight Champion from television since his contract is set to expire and will likely not be renewed. He is, however, expected to maintain a relationship with WWE.
— Matches taped Monday night in Atlanta, Georgia for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars were Drew McIntyre vs. John Morrison and Tyson Kidd vs. Yoshi Tatsu.
Jey and Jimmy Uso beat Primo and Tito Colon in a dark match prior to the event.
— Evan Bourne stated the following on Twitter after WWE announced they had suspended the Raw Superstar for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of their Talent Wellness Program.
“Love you guys! I’ll be back in a flash. AirBoom will not be derailed!”
— WWE officials were upset with the tepid response towards their Twitter trending efforts Monday night during Raw. No WWE related terms trended until the show’s conclusion, which was only brief.
— In today’s birthdays, Raw Superstar Tyler Reks turns 33 years old, former WWE Superstar Billy Gunn turns 48 years old and WWE Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan turns 67 years old.
— The t-shirt CM Punk wore on Monday’s RAW was from the action comedy movie, “Big Trouble in Little China.”
— The WWE website features a video of WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio saying that he agreed to give CM Punk a title shot at Survivor Series just so he could get out of Atlanta.
— As we reported earlier this morning, WWE annuonced today that Evan Bourne has been suspended for 30 days after his first violation of the company’s Wellness Policy. WWE issued a press release announcing the Bourne suspension, the first time they’ve done this in a long time.
Following the recent Wellness suspensions from Sin Cara, Mike Chioda, Darren Young, Heath Slater and now Evan Bourne, some WWE superstars believe the suspensions are related to WWE cracking down on synthetic marijuana, which is a legal substance.
Former WWE champion The Ultimate Warrior took part in another autograph signing this week in California and appeared in character – facepaint, ring gear, title belt and all.
TMZ.com cameras caught up with Warrior, who went on a rant about the Occupy Wall Street protests that are currently underway in New York City and spreading across the country. Warrior stated:
“I find it a little ironic that most of these kids own iPads and iPhones and all these material things. They’re a big part of the consumerism that goes on in this country.”
He added, “The biggest statement you can make is not to participate in the consumerism of it all. Don’t buy the stuff. Start living your own life. Practice what you preach.”
WWE has announced that tag team champion Evan Bourne has been suspended for 30 days.
The official statement from the WWE website reads:
“In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy.”
Bourne’s suspension will keep him out of action through Survivor Series.
Air Boom lost non-title matches on both Friday’s SmackDown and Monday’s RAW. It remains to be seen whether WWE will take the tag titles off them, but this is a major setback for Bourne.
— After Monday’s WWE RAW from Atlanta, GA went off the air, John Cena and C.M. Punk defeated The Miz and R-Truth in a tag team match. Both Cena and Punk hit their finishers on Miz and Truth.
After the match, Cena said he was tricked by R-Truth’s attack (dressed as the villain from the Scream movies) – so the crowd deserves a treat. The treat was Miz getting another Go To Sleep by CM Punk to end the show.
— Former WWE Womens champion Amy “Lita” Dumas was backstage at Monday’s RAW. She lives in Atlanta and was just visiting.
TNA World champion James Storm says he could be out of action for up to two months after suffering a concussion at last Wednesday’s Impact Wrestling television tapings from Macon, Georgia.
– Last weeks’s 10/28 edition of WWE SmackDown on SyFy drew a 1.96 rating and averaged approximately 2.8 million viewers for the 2-hour broadcast.
This is down from the previous week’s 2.18 rating (with over 3 million viewers) and the lowest rating the show has done in several weeks. SmackDown was up against Game 7 of the World Series, so we’ll see this week if the show rebounds without that competition.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has provided an update on the health status of Barry Windham. Ross tweeted on Monday:
“Talked to Mike Rotunda today here in Atlanta, and he said Barry Windham was improving from heart attack and liver issues. Still hospitalized.”
This is the first we’ve heard about liver issues from Windham. Windham suffered a heart attack last week. His brother-in-law and former tag team partner Mike Rotunda found him and got him the life-saving medical assistance he needed.
— The “Michael Cole challenge” match scheduled for RAW between Michael Cole and Jim Ross was bumped from the show due to time constraints. Jim Ross was indeed in Atlanta and tweeted the following after RAW:
“4 the record, I’m in Atlanta. Was informed by Raw GM’s office, my services weren’t needed. Cole wants 2 make fun of my 3 surgeries. Classy.”
Ross and Cole will wrestle on next week’s show, with the stipulation being that the winner remains a RAW announcer and the loser is off television for the foreseeable future.
— Despite Boston’s TD Garden website pulling Mick Foley from advertisements for the November 14th RAW Supershow featuring The Rock, local advertisements that aired last night in Boston
still said Foley would be appearing at that show – as a special guest referee.
WWE announced yet another new show that’s planned for the upcoming WWE Network – a daily live studio show that sounds similar to ESPN Sports Center.
Here’s the official announcement – along with 5 potential names for the show, which WWE is polling fans about.
“In 2012, WWE Network’s new daily live studio show will connect you to the Superstars like never before. Tune in to score breaking news, exclusive match analyses, topics of the day, interviews, highlights, and commentaries, then go online and on-air to voice your opinion live with our show hosts and daily guest stars, including WWE Superstars like John Cena, Randy Orton, Kelly Kelly, Sheamus, Rey Mysterio, the Miz and more!”
You can vote here on which of the following names you think best suits the show:
* WWE Power Center
* WWE Action Center
* WWE Event Center
* WWE Live Event Center
* WWE InterAction Center
Horror movie website Bloody-Disgusting.com is reporting that former WWE wrestler Dave Batista has been offered a role in the upcoming Universal Pictures film Riddick, starring Vin Diesel.
Directed by franchise creator David Twohy, Riddick will be the third installment of the Pitch Black / Chronicles of Riddick series. Aside from Vin Diesel and Karl Urban, other rumored cast members include Andreas Apergis, Katee Sackhoff (White Noise 2: The Light, Growl, The Haunting in Georgia) and Bokeem Woodbine (Total Recall, Devil).
It’s worth noting that TMZ.com reported last week that production on the latest Riddck has been shut down due to Vin Diesel’s One Race Films production company failing to pay the owners of the Montreal studio where the movie is being shot, as well as members of the crew.
As we reported here earlier today, CM Punk appeared at the Ringsidefest collectibles event in New York City over the weekend and took a shot at former WWE star Chris Jericho.
Punk was introduced as “the best in the world at what he does” – to which he clarified, he’s the best wrestler the world, but Jericho is the best in the world at what he does – which is, dancing with celebrities.
Chris Jericho has responded to Punk’s comment, tweeting the following on Monday afternoon::
“What’s worse…Dancing With Celebrities or Playing With Muppets?”
– The Rock’s response to John Cena on RAW will be a taped promo. He will not appear live tonight, but is expected to hype his upcoming live appearance on RAW on 11/14.
– A segment featuring the Divas in Halloween costumes is tentatively scheduled.
– At least three Muppet performers are scheduled for Raw—Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson and Bill Barretta. Therefore, all of the major Muppet characters sans Gonzo will be at WWE’s disposal. It is unknown whether Gonzo’s handler Dave Goelz is scheduled for the event.
– The Muppet performers were asked to prepare for a segment in which Statler and Waldorf handle commentary duties. This will likely occur during “The Michael Cole Challenge.”
(Credit to PWInsider.com f0r some of the information used in this report)
